Rex Hartwig, Known in Tennis World
As 'Rekker', Was Coorful Amateur
Rex Noel Hartwig is known
to his tennis intimates as "Rek
ker," which is short for "the
wrecker," and no one is more
entitled to the name in tennis
over the past three years.
For the past two years the
first name leading players have
looked for in any major tourna
ment draw, after their own, is
Hartwig's. Unfortunately, for
some of the top men, he not only
has eliminated them, but has
beaten them so badly that their
confidence has been temporarily
broken.
'Moil Exciting Player'
Hartwig has, been described
as "the most exciting player in
world tennis" and "the leading
doubles player of 1955" by Al
rick H. Man Jr., former Ameri
can Davis Cup captain and one
of the world's best known ten
nis officials.
Rex is an only child of wheat
and sheep farmer Stan Hartwig,
of'Culcairn, about 250 miles
south of Sydney. His mother and
father played tennis and he
divided his time between Aus
tralian rules football, which
helped to develop his muscular
and agile frame, and tennis.
When he first began playing
major" tournaments he was so
wild and erratic that be became
known as a "basher," and it took
several years for him to get his
tremendous stroking power
under sufficient control to win
a nod from Australian officials.
Paired with Lew Hoad
Harry Hopman, Austrialian
Davis Cup captain, paired Hart
wig with Lew Hoad in the 1955
doubles and the combination was
an immediate success. It was
here that Hartwig caught the
eye of Jack Kramer, looking for
material for a 1956 tour of the
United States. It took consider
able persuasion for Rex to give
up his amateur standing but
Kramer's faith in him has been
proven in the last several
months.
Southern Oregon sports fans
will see Hartwig in action at the
Hedrick junior high school gym
in Medford on Monday, May 28,
when Kramer brings his tour
here. Hartwig will go against
Fancho Segura in a singles set I
and will pair with Tony Trabert
against Pancho Gonzales and Se
gura in the doubles. Gonzales
and Trabert will meet in the
feature singles match.
Tickets are on sale at Lam
port's Sporting Goods store, 226
East Main st. The show is spon
sored by the Medford Lion
club.
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The heavy pressure will be on
the Medford high Black Tornado
Tuesday when it travels to
Grants Pass for Southern Ore
gon conference baseball ruckus.
But the morale of the Tornado
was reported high today. The
Medford baseballers were eager
to get at the Cavemen.
Grants Pass and Medford
meet at 3:30 p.m. in the Climate
citv. The clubs are slated to
meet here on Wednesday.
A victory tomorrow will as
sure GP of a tie for the title. If
the Cavemen nab both games
this week they'll claim the cham
pionship. Tyler To Hurl
Triumph in both tangles is a
virtual must for the Tornado if
it is to keep its title hopes.
Should the Medfordites drop the
Tuesday skirmish, they would
have to take their three remain
ing conference hassles and then
win a playoff for the toga.
Coach John Kovenz said this
morning that he planned to call
on Ernie Tyler as pitcher for to
morrow's fray.
The Tornado goes to Klamath
Falls for a doublebill next Satur
day. Both Klamath Falls and
Ashland have been eliminated
from titular contention. Ash
land has finished its season.
Medford and Ashland junior
varsity clubs were to meet this
afternoon at Ashland.
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Larry Buffer
Takes Spring
Golf Title
Larry Butler won the men's
spring golf handicap tournament
at Rogue Valley Country club.
He defeated Bob Little 4 and 3.
The match was completed Sat
urday. First 18 holes had been
contested a week previously.
Butler sank a 30-foot sidehill
putt on the 33rd green to claim
the championship. He had a 79
card for a full 18 holes on Sat
urday. Carrying a six handicap to
Little's 14, Butler had to give
his opponent 16 strokes, eight
per 18 holes.
Butler was 1 up on Little for
the opening 18 greens of the
tussle.
Bobo Olson Plans
To Be Red Hot
Santa Monica, Calif. U.R)
Carl (Bobo) Olson declared to
day, "I'm coming out red hot
Friday night."
The baldish ex-champ from
San Francisco said he would
shadow-box six or seven rounds
in the dressing room at Wrigley
Field, Los Angeles, before his
I attempt to recapture the middle
weight crown from 35-year-old
Sugar Ray Robinson.
"I'll come out red hot and go
right after him this time with
out being careless, of course,"
said Hawaiian-born Bobo, who
lost the title to Robinson on a
second-round knockout at Chi
cago, Dec. 9.
It will be the most thorough
warm-up of his career said the
27-year-old challenger, who gen
erally has been a slow starter.
Texas A-M Ban
May Be Lifted
Bryan, Tex. U.R) Texas
A&M stood a good chance today
of having the National Collegi
ate Athletic association ban
against it lifted, after NCAA
President ClarenCe P. Houston
said he plans to make such a
recommendation.
Houston said he would sug
gest at the NCAA's summer
meeting that the ban against
A&M would be lifted if "we find
it to be true that A&M has its
recruiting house in order."
The Aggies were put on two-
year's probation by the South
west conference for recruiting
violations. The' NCAA later put
the Aggies on probation on the
same charge.
RUSSIANS TO ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires, Argentina (U.R)
Argentina Olympic officials com
pleted plans today for the ap
pearance of a Russian basket
ball team here for a series of
four games in June. One of the
opponents for the games will
be the Argentina team that will
Porlcy Oliver
Winner of
Greenbrier
By FRED FERRIS
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
(U.P.) Porky Oliver, the broad
beamed birdie blaster from Bos
ton, hoped today that his victory
in the $10,000 Greenbrier Open
golf tournament had ended the
slump that kept him from win
ning a major meet for two years.
Oliver took the layout here
apart like a small boy disman
tling his toys, winding up the
72-hole competition with a 14
under par total of 266.
Runner up Sammy Snead put
on a display of temper that was
a beaut when he had a bad fin
ish that gave him a 269 total.
Even though he had a five under
par 67, he was in such a rage
that instead of signing his score
card he marked over it with a
pencil and went storming into
the club house.
Next at 273 came Skee Riegel
of Ithan, Pa., and Vic Ghezzi of
Inwood, N.Y., while Henry Cot
ton of London, Mike Fetchick of
Yonkers, N.Y., and Mike Homa
of Rye, N.Y., deadlocked at 276.
Al Besselink of Grosinger,
N.Y., Jim Ferree of Winston
Salem, N.C., Johnny Revolta of
Skokie, 111., Mike Souchak of
Durham, N.C., and Bill Trom
bley of Dallas, Tex., all had
278's and Gil Cavanaugh of
Cedarhust, N.Y., Georgie Fazio
of Conshohocken, Pa., were at
279. Hank Williams of Fleet
wood, Pa., and Clarence Doser
of Rockville, Md., had 280
totals.
WINS QUIZ PRIZE
Newark, N.J. (U.R) Charley
(The Brow) Digiovanna, 25-year-old
bat boy of the Dodgers was
$1,600 or a million lire richer
today because he answered five
questions on an Italian-American
television sports quiz show.
The questions he answered con
cerned World Series records of
Joe DiMaggio, who was a bitter
Dodger rival with the Yankees
in World Series play.
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George Keil Gets
Nampa High Post
Nampa, Idaho (U.R) Nampa
high school officials, in a week
end announcement, said George
Keil, Ontario, Ore., had been
hired as head basketball coach
for the Bulldogs.
- Keil, who has been basketball
coach at Ontario high school,
will fill the vacancy left at
Nampa when J. A. (Babe) Brown
resigned to become athletic di
rector at the College of Idaho.
Baseball
SATURDAY COLLEGE SCORES:
Baseball
Oreeon State 6 Idaho 1
Lewis and Clark 3 Willamette 2 (first
game)
Willamette 2 Lewis and Clark 1 (sec
ond game)
Oregon College 2 Clark JC 0 (first
game)
Clark J C 3 Oregon College 0 (sec
ond game)
Track
Lewis and Clark 91 Wilamette 40
LOPAT TO UMP
Portland (U.R) Northwest
League President ' James M.
Fleishman announced here to
day that Ted Lopat will join
the umpiring staff of the Class
B loop and will work the Lewis-ton-Eugene
game at Eugene to
night. Lopat, a brother of famed
pitcher Ed Lopat, is a veteran
of two years in the Georgia
Florida league.
INDIANS BUY CHASE
Spokane (U.R) The Spo
kane Indians of the Northwest
baseball league have purchased
righthanded pitcher Frank Chase
from Eugene, Indian Business
Manager Herron announced last
night.
LEWIS HOAD VICTOR
Wiesbaden, Germany (U.R)
Lew Hoad added another tennis
title to his collection today. The
Australian star defeated Art Lar
sen of San Leandro, Calif., 10-8,
6-3, 6-2 Sunday to win the Weis
baden International meet.
Parents, Unable To
Swim, See Sons Drown
Warren, 111. (U.R) A fa
ther and mother who couldn't
swim stood on the bank of an
artificial farm pond and watch
ed their three sons drown Sunday.
Monday, May 14, 195B
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SIVSN
Little Chicago Boy's
Body Found in River
Chicago (U.R) Police said
today that little Leo Rausch Jr.,
their will o' the wisp quarry for
13 days, met death seeking ad
venture in sluggish Chicago riv
er. The body of the 8-year-old
boy was found yesterday, bob
bing in the turgid waters of the
river's North branch about four
miles from his home.
Final conclusions about his
fate awaited a corner's inquest
and a scientific examination of
the body. But police, along with
Leo's grieving parents, felt they
already knew the truth.
For almost two weeks, police
had believed the precocious boy
was playing hide and seek with
them. He ran away from school
on April 30 and scores of Chi
cagoans reported they had seen
him later.
But most of the people who
thought they saw Leo must have
been wrong, police said.
Debris of Tornadoes
Covers Six States;
At Least 10 Killed
Flood Control Group
To Meet on Tuesday
Fay Bristol will be principal
speaker at the meeting of the
Rogue Basin Flood Control and
Water Resources association
Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Rogue
River grange hall.
Bristol has interviewed many
people in the Rogue basin con
cerning flood control and recent
ly returned from Washington,
D.C., where he contacted
agencies and senators in behalf
of flood control. He will intro
duce a proposed plan of action
to the group. ,
A representative from the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce is expected to attend.
The public is invited to the
meeting, according to H. F. Nor
wood, public relations chairman
of the association.
About 2,500,000 persons live
in mobile homes. This trailer
population is enough to make
the third largest city.
By UNITED PRESS
The debris of a tornado bar
rage covered parts of a six-state
area today.
At least 10 persons were re
ported dead in the wake of the
week end weather fury and
scores more were injured. Prop
erty damage ran into the mil
lions of dollars.
Weather officials said a cold
front racing across the Midwest
apparently was chasing out the
threat of more twisters today
and dropping temperatures. But
the East baked in a muggy heat
wave.
The tornado onslaught began
on Saturday night, killing six
persons on the outskirts of
Cleveland, O., three in Flint,
Mich., and one at Ithaca, Mich.,
The Red Cross reported a total
of 17 deaths, including two more
in Michigan, but authorities said
these could not be confirmed.
Tornadoes in Pennsylvania
More tornadoes hit Pennsyl
vania causing heavy damage, and
near Omaha, Neb., Saturday
night and early Sunday. The
twisters returned Sunday slash
ing through farm areas in Kan
sas and Missouri.
Nothing Seriously Wrong
With Clare Booth Luce
London (U.R) Clare Boothe
Luce, U. S. ambassador to Italy
who left Rome last week for a
medical checkup in New York,
is only having "the medical at
tention she should have had
some months ago but couldn't
find time," her publisher hus
band said Sunday night.
Henry R. Luce, publisher of
Time, Life and Fortune,, said
there was "nothing seriously
jvrong" with the ambassador
and that she will "quite defin
itely" return to her post in Italy.
The suburban west aide of
Cleveland felt the twister' most
lethal fury. Three persona were
killed when a tavern collapsed,
two more were electrocutd by
live wires from fallen utility
poles, and one was crushed to
death in his car by a falling
tree.
In Michigan, tornadoes
touched down at least 12 times
and concentrated their fury on
Flint, where a twister killed 116
persons three years ago.
A flood threat added to Flint's
troubles for a while. But the
rain swollen river was falling to
day, as was the bloated Grand
river at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Damages High
The injured list at Flint alone
amounted to 136. Damage was
conservatively estimated at $1.
250,000 and authorities said it
might rise to $2,000,000.
Twisters also danced around
Detroit's suburbs.
There was more heavy dam
age in western Pennsylvania,
where the twisters hit hardest
at the steel city of Duquesne. Al
though there were no deaths
and only one serious injury,
damage was estimated at $1,000,
000 in the state.
At Duquesne, 75 buildings
were seriously damaged and au
thorities placed the wreckage
cost at $500,000.
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